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Spring at the Little Duck Pond Cafe by Rosie Green – delightful chick-lit
Spring at the Little Duck Pond Cafe is cute, lovely, and delightful chick-lit that would warm your heart in just a few pages.
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One Way to Love (Jasmine Villa Series #1) by Andaleeb Wajid
One Way to Love is delightful, light, sweet, and spicyIndian romance with arranged marriage trope.
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Bipathu and a Very Big Dream by Anita Nair – middle-grade fiction with Cerebral Palsy representation
Bipathu and a Very Big Dream is heartwarming, lovely, and fun middle-grade fiction with Cerebral Palsy representation and many layers that show a glimpse of Indian village life.
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Zen by Shabnam Minwalla -novel about Mumbai in 1935 and 2019
Zen is beautiful, deep, well-written, and creative mix of historical fiction and contemporary novel about Mumbai in 1935 and 2019.
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The Daydreams by Laura Hankin – reunion contemporary fiction
The Daydreams is emotive, realistic, dramatic and fast-paced character-driven reunion contemporary fiction with redemption arc.
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The Widow’s Weeds by Allie Cresswell – fiction about domestic abuse
The Widow's Weeds is touching, emotive, and heart-wrenching contemporary about domestic abuse but I didn't enjoy the slow pace and romantic complications.
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The Widow’s Mite (Widows #2) by Allie Cresswell – heartbreaking contemporary
The Widow's Mite is bittersweet, heartwarming, and heartbreaking contemporary about bereavement, scam, and financial issues.
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The Hoarder’s Widow (Widows #1) by Allie Cresswell – contemporary about compulsive hoarding
The Hoarder's Widow is a touching contemporary about compulsive hoarding and how that affects the lives of people living with the hoarder with a well-written theme and layers.
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The Naani Diaries by Riva Razdan – fiction about Indian marriage and culture
The Naani Diaries is enjoyable contemporary women's fiction about Indian marriage and culture with many other interesting topics to discuss.
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The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges – magical realism contemporary fiction
The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone is unique and touching magical realism contemporary fiction with beautiful writing but it turned out okay for me. Disclaimer – Many thanks to Publisher for eARC via…
